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majkia

majkia

Joined October 2016

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TinyCat library

Introvert, sci fi/fantasy fan, owned by a poodle and a doodle. Pearl Rule and Oxford Comma fan
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A Meditation on Murder | Robert Thorogood
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Hoping to get to at least two fo them for #ReadYourKindle hosted by @CBee

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Skirmishes (Diving Universe, #4) | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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#Bookspin #Doublespin #BookspinBingo

Bookspin: Skirmishes - K K Rusch
Doublespin: Death Comes to Marlow - Robert Thorogood
@TheAromaofBooks

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Skirmishes (Diving Universe, #4) | Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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Eye of the Needle | Ken Follett
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A German spy is hunted through England. If he succeeds in contacting his handlers, he can ruin the plans for D-Day.

I've seen an adaptation of this, but it wasn't nearly as memorable as the book has been. Well written, suspenseful, surprising, with lots of twists and turns and spy-y things going on.

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Above Suspicion | Helen Macinnes
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An early thriller by MacInnes. Set just before WWII. Ordinary English folks spying on the Nazis.

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The Murder on the Links | Agatha Christie
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I like Hastings so much more in the books. I wish they wouldn't make him such a charictature in the TV/movie adaptations.

#ChristieCapers @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Good observation! 4d
BarbaraJean I don‘t even like the book version of Hastings 😬 4d
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A Lonely Resurrection | Barry Eisler
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April's Rainbow | Cathryn Hein
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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Good mix for April. Happy spring everyone

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Oo I love Jasper Fforde 📚 1w
majkia @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Hoping for more dodos. 1w
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1w
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The Unfinished Clue | Georgette Heyer
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I do enjoy Heyer's mysteries. Always bright and sparkling dialog and lots of humor in characterization.

Thank you for the kind comments and good wishes for my recovery from surgery. I've had a couple of set backs but am finally really beginning to see some progress. I've still got a way to go. I tire extremely easily and everything seems difficult to do, but I can see my progress so am feeling more positive.

#Roll100 #PuddleJumper

Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹 2w
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼 Progress is good. Rest & heal 🙏🏼💝. 2w
dabbe Glad you're healing and on the mend! 🩵💙🩵 2w
CarolynM Sending best wishes for your continuing recovery💕 Heyer‘s mysteries are a joy, may they go on keeping your spirits up. 1w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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I'm finally getting back to normal after open heart surgery. Recovery is slow and frustrating, but I'm getting there.

I'd have never survived this world. Claustrophic, limited, controlled.
Frustrated love, frustrated lives. Beautifully written, but telling a decidedly unhappy tale.

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

Librarybelle Good to hear you are recovering! Wishing you a continued positive recovery. 2w
AmyG May you continue to recover as planned. Wishing you only good health! 2w
Bookwomble I'm pleased to hear your recovery is going well ☺️ ❤️‍🩹 2w
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Jari-chan Speedy recovery to you! 2w
Deblovestoread Wishing you a complete and speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹 2w
PuddleJumper Wishing you a speedy recovery and only good books 2w
AnnCrystal 🙏 May your recovery be swift 🙏💝. (edited) 2w
kspenmoll I so hope you recover as planned. Books are the best to get us through tough times. 💕 2w
Dilara Good to know you're getting there! Slowly but surely? 1w
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First time re-reading this series. I loved it all when I first read it and reread is the same. This time though I'm listening to the audiobook read impressively by Paul Boehmer

Yes, I cried again.

#RealmofElderlings @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 2mo
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Such a weird book! Evan Tanner hears about some gold hidden from the Nazis in Turkey. So he plans to go find it. He uses contacts from strange groups he's been a member of to manage his quest. Nothing, of course, goes as planned. Instead he's involved in revolutions and murders and secret plans. How will he manage to survive?

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About to revisit the #RealmofElderlings . @PuddleJumper
This time I'm listening to the audiobook.

PuddleJumper Oo interesting. How's the narrator? 2mo
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I love Richard and Melrose. I also love how Richard tends to pay attention to the kids involved and cares so much for everyone.

#Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Engines of Oblivion | Karen Osborne
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Last of the two part Memory War series. Trying to end the 'forever war' run for and by corporations whose only desire is to control everything. Aliens seem like an additional way to win the war, but they aren't what they appear and offer a new vector toward fighting the corporations.

Imaginative, innovative in some respects and has lots of action.

#Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

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Capital Murder | Dan Willis
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😬 😬Sheesh. None of them on my initial list of want to reads this month. This will be a challenge to read 2 never mind 4 of them. I'll do my best 😬

#ReadYourKindle

@CBee

CBee No pressure! Read what makes you happy 😊 2mo
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Engines of Oblivion | Karen Osborne
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#Bookspin #Doublespin #BookspinBingo

Just finished two of them yesterday!
Currently reading Engines of Oblivion and The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 2mo
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The Godwulf Manuscript | Robert B. Parker
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This is a re-read. I read this a long time ago and now want to read more of the series. Interesting main character, with sarcastic wit (sometimes). Hoping he improves over time. The mystery was fine.

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A clergyman accused of pedophilia dies while in police custody. But there are questions. Havers arrives with Ardrey but the investigation goes nowhere. Then Lynley gets involved and he and Havers do the investigation up right.

I do love how personal George gets. Not only with the main characters but with even minor characters involved in the story. As usual, everyone is affected and grows accordingly.

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

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TiredLibrarian Love Elizabeth George. She has a new one coming out in September. 2mo
majkia @TiredLibrarian Oh good! 2mo
ReadingOver50 Sounds interesting 2mo
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The Secret Adversary | Agatha Christie
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My February #ReadYourKindle list

Thanks for the challenge, @CBee

CBee You‘re welcome ☺️ 2mo
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Bingo's Run: A Novel | James Levine
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One Bingo for the month. I'm not going to get to any more of these.

#BookspinBingo
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!!! 2mo
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The Spies of Zurich | Richard Wake
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Alex is a spy. He's not really good at it, but does his best. He's been run out of Austria as Hitler took it over, now he's wondering if Hitler is coming for Switzerland. He tries to do what he can to help the Czech spy network, and the French network, but the more he tries the less they take the info passed on and use it.

I really enjoyed this view of spies. No fancy weaponry, just yeoman doing what they can for their countries.

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A future world which has done away with wars and hatred finds itself disintegrating when the truth comes out.

Complex plot, which is hard to follow at times, and world-building that is believable sort of. The dirty politics is human though.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Interesting mix for February!

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#Roll100

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Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo
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DNF. Nothing happens other than romancy stuff that does not interest me. Won't be reading more of the series.

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Snowdrops: A Novel | A.D. Miller
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It is snowing in Florida!

AnnCrystal 😍❄️💝. 2mo
dabbe Wowza! 🤩❄️🤩 2mo
Deblovestoread 😍😍😍 2mo
TheSpineView Wow!!! 2mo
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Fifth in the series. Getting a bit repetitive. Lots of space battles. The use of a jump drive in combat was interesting. Hoping the next one will show more change to their circumstances. The characters are growing and changing though, so that's good.

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

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Not my favorite Christie but fun to revisit as she invents Poirot and improves her writing.

I listened to the audiobook read by Richard Armitage who did a superb job.

#ChristieCapers @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Oh! That would be a great audio version to listen to! 2mo
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A Clean Kill in Tokyo | Barry Eisler
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Half American, half Japanese assassin finds himself involved in a hit he'd done. He's hunted, alone and trying to save an innocent woman. Good plot, nicely written, I actually cared about the assassin. Lots of details about Tokyo.

#ReadYourKindle @CBee
#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

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Architects of Memory | Karen Osborne
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At times confusing, but very well written and imagined. I loved how alien the aliens were and how wrong the humans were about what was going on, simply because they didn't understand anything.

Characters, the main ones at any rate, were well drawn. Plot was twisty and surprising.

Looking forward to book 2

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How can I not love a book where an Oxford Comma is a clue!
Second in the series, and a strong second. I love the whole first person narrative and the narrator talking to the reader. He sets out the rules, points out where he's followed them, and even lets you know when he's identified the killer. I confess I didn't solve it, probably because I was too busy enjoying the narrative.

LoverOfLearning Another great mystery from him! 2mo
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Zodiac | Neal Stephenson
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Wow. Very Very sciency so a slow read for me but oh so interesting.

It's the story of an eco activist who, as usual, gets labeled terrorist as he takes on corporate entities who are knowingly polluting the waters in and around Boston.

The real heart-stopping action isn't until the last third or so of the book, but well worth the wait.

#Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 3mo
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The Wizard's Butler | Nathan Lowell
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Audiobook read by Tom Taylorson who did a superb job.

What a fun book! A cozy fantasy I actually really enjoyed. A former military man, and trained EMT is in search of a job. An elderly wizard needs a butler. A match made in, well, somewhere.

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The Spy Coast: A Thriller | Tess Gerritsen
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Fun story of retired spies who get drawn back into the game when a dead body is dumped on one's driveway.

Enjoyable characters, twisty plot, nicely written.

#FictionalTraveler @julieclair
#TBRtarot @CBee

julieclair That cover definitely looks like a cold place. 🥶 Glad you enjoyed it! 3mo
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This series is fast paced, funny and plays with pseudoscience (a lot) so well you can almost believe it. Skippy, the alien AI, makes the series. He's such a smart ass.

#Roll100 #ReadYourKindle

@CBee @PuddleJumper

Ruthiella I feel like pseudoscience in SciFi is like the magic system in Fantasy: if the rules make sense and are consistent, awesome! 3mo
majkia @Ruthiella agreed! 3mo
PuddleJumper Wahoo! 3mo
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Once Upon a River | Diane Setterfield
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Atmospheric and haunting, the story of a kidnapped girl, and a dead girl who lives again. And a very special pig.

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Ilium | Dan Simmons
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I found the start very confusing and disjointed. Three totally unrelated stories, one of the battle of Troy, a second robots on Io, and a third humans living on a reconstructed world with essentially no knowledge of their history or geography, and obnoxious mostly.

At the end, of course, the three pieces come together. However, I found that even so, much of it made little sense to me, as to the whys and wherefores.

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Kindled Love | Steve C. Roberts
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I should be able to get to three of them.

#ReadYourKindle @Cbee

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 3mo
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Zodiac | Neal Stephenson
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3. Zodiac is #Bookspin
17. The Deer Leap is #Doublespin

Yay!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!! 3mo
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I am delighted with my 2024 reading. Lots of good books, and not to many duds.

Ruthiella Great job! 👏👏👏 3mo
AnnCrystal 📚👏🥳👍💝. 3mo
DogMomIrene Nicely done! Congratulations!🙌🏼 3mo
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majkia @DogMomIrene Thank you! 3mo
majkia @Ruthiella Thank you! 3mo
bthegood 🥳🥳 3mo
majkia @bthegood 😁 3mo
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The Suspect | L.R. Wright
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Interesting and surprising beginning of a Canadian mystery series. I liked how uncomfortable Karl can be in situations. He's not the typical cop. He's vulnerable, crotchety at times, and stubborn. He's also sometimes needy.

The victim was well portrayed and complex with depths and surprises. The mystery, while we knew who dunnit from the beginning, was still intriguing enough to hold my interest easily.

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Architects of Memory | Karen Osborne
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January #ReadYourKindle @CBee

Happy New Year everyone!

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A Clean Kill in Tokyo | Barry Eisler
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Oh no! Already in trouble, with too many books to read! I'll have to read harder!

#Roll100
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Jari-chan I feel you there 😅 3mo
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Bingo's Run | James A. Levine
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December #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

My first shot at Bingo and I did really well! I'll do it for 2025 also.

Moving on th 2025!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous progress!! 3mo
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The Deer Leap | Martha Grimes
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I do love this series! Cozy mystery with lots of twists and turns and terrific characters. I thought the ending abrupt for this one though. Hopefully we'll learn more about the characters in the next book?

Last book for the year!

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Deep Black | Miles Cameron
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Complex and exciting series about great ships plying trade among the stars. A conspiracy must be exposed and defeated.

Strong characterization, twisty plot, fascinating aliens and a magnificent AI.

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Spin (Spin, #1) | Robert Charles Wilson
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Here's my January #Bookspin #Doublespin. I'll also do #BookspinBingo

@TheAromaofBooks

Happy New Year Everyone!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
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